What business does memory have with time?

Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.

He wished he could reassure his mother: a man wants many things in life, but when one of them is also the right thing, he would be a fool not to choose it.

He considered it a shame when people couldn't grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision.

We live in a world of banal miracles.

He found himself inhabiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment.

Two kinds of people always lie about their ages: actresses and Latin American pitchers.

Always speak first to the toughest person in the room.

The movie I was working on, "Cleopatra", it's about how destructive a force love can be. But maybe that's what every story is about.

And while his mother's lecture had gone over his seven-year-old head, Pasquale saw now what she meant--how much easier life would be if our intentions and our desires could always be aligned.

I guess I forgot we were going out tonight.""We always go out on Fridays.""It's Thursday, Alvis.""You are so tied to routine.

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.

Be courageous! Never fear to take a chance.

When your mom was not in labor yelling at me, she made me laugh so hard.

Yeah, September 11 happened and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.

The three chief causes of divorce are men, women, and marriage.

Mathematics: silent harmonies. Music: sounding numbers.

My father was a writer and an acting teacher.

The educational system should be a sieve, through which all the children of a country are passed. It is highly desirable that no child escape inspection.

I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.